Climate disaster could be curtailed within a couple of decades if net zero emissions are reached, new study shows.
The world may be barreling towards climate disaster but rapidly eliminating planet-…
In 2021, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will reach levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution, due to human-caused emissions, says a Met Office forecast.
Still, it's not too late to make a big difference in the health of Earth and people who live here.
It's already too late to meet the warming limit of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) set…
'Why have carbon dioxide levels risen and fallen in the past?'
Dear readers,
This is not the column I planned to publish this month. I wrote another one several weeks ago in answer to a reader’s…
Promising new studies suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing electricity for the grid by the end of the decade.
If all goes as planned, the US will eliminate all greenhouse…
The past few months have shown that individuals have an absolutely gobsmackingly critical role to play in confronting a global crisis.
Hi Sara,
I was born in 1988, which apparently makes me an…
2020 has been a difficult year, but there are some glints of light in the gloom. From nature-friendly farms to anti-ageing worms and even a way of conjuring vodka out of thin air, here are a few…
The 60-year-old congresswoman will be the first Native American cabinet secretary next month when she takes over at interior.
Debra Haaland is making American history.
The 60-year-old congresswoman…
There is no way to mine fossil fuels without driving the planet past 1.5C of warming and putting Indigenous communities at risk.
As we prepare to turn the page on 2020, and inaugurate Joe Biden as…
The Greek government has given its nod to investment plans supporting the deployment of over 2.8 GW of wind and solar power capacity.
The four projects call for a combined investment of EUR 2.02…
Memories of Brazil’s dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communities.
Brazilian activists have voiced alarm over their government’s plans to bulldoze a 94-mile highway…
I needed something to fight for after the People’s Vote campaign collapsed. So I unleashed my inner ecowarrior.
Anyone who objects to my incessant posting of tree photos on social media can blame…
Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’
Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first US city to mandate the placing of…
From record-breaking wildfires to devastating hurricanes, human-driven climate change keeps killing us.
The climate is changing, its effects are deadly, and it’s getting worse every year.
Slowdown of human activity was too short to reverse years of destruction, but we saw a glimpse of post-fossil fuel world
When lockdown began, climate scientists were horrified at the unfolding…
Extreme weather claimed thousands of lives and caused losses worth tens of billions of dollars worldwide this year, says Christian Aid
BARCELONA - Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes…
Species that grow faster could be better at pulling carbon from the atmosphere, but could also come with risks
Armand Séguin planted his first genetically modified tree — a poplar — more than 20…
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